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Well the rain has stopped and we woke to a nice morning which made our short journey today quite pleasant. We are driving just a little further north to Tauranga but are doing a slight detour so that we can make a brief visit to Whakatane and then follow the Pacific coastal road around the Bay of Plenty and through a few …

... and I set up camp in a campground in the town of Opotiki. After settling Nelson in, I ventured to the local pub to celebrate cycling the East Cape with a beer and a hearty meal. Now we just had to get across the Bay of Plenty and back to Tauranga.

Day 45 - We set off towards Whakatane and found that there were some flat seaside roads that could have been very pleasant and, dare I say, easy except that we were in NZ. ...

... Hong Kong. They were also in my room so I spent the evening getting to know them and eventually there ended up being about 15 of us chatting away in the kitchen. The four guys were also heading east which was nice to know as I knew it was going to be a small group and sometimes it's nice not to have to make an effort to get to know new people everyday. Anth, Paul, Sam and Peggy all seem like really nice guys so it'll be good to get to know them all a little bit more over the next four ...

... interesting finds - rare Hayes Avocados, goldfruits (a sort of orange colour grapefruit but rates more exotic than either), a kilo of local asparagus for £3.50 Avos as cheap as 25p each! Gold fruit 75p a kilo. The beach was buzzing with surfers enjoying the swell & spring sunshine and everyone else were jogging/running/walking up Mt Maunganui. We got to the top without too much huffing and puffing. ...

... just drive around Rotorua and check out the area. We came across a hedge maze that we all thought looked a bit ****** but decided to give it a go glad we did we had heaps of fun it was actually really hard. Nate, Bri and Jake raced off to try and beat each other then Dad had to race off as well the rest of us took a ...